LeBron vs D-Wade: Who's the NBA MVP?

By Mike DeStefano

Sun, 03/15/2009 - 12:58pm

D-Wade's Case

[img_assist|nid=4803|title=D-Wade and LeBron|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=320|height=205]Last month, I wrote a piece
about All-Star selection and how it’s become a team award. It
seems the MVP has evolved in the same way.

Prior to the 1979-80 season,
the MVP was voted on by players. Since the media has taken over
the voting, no MVP has been on a team that won less than 50 games (with
the exception of the lockout-shortened season in 1998.) It’s
time for that to change.

Dwyane Wade is playing at a
higher level than anyone in the League this year, yet many feel that
he doesn’t belong in the MVP discussion because his team is not elite
like LeBron’s Cavs or Kobe’s Lakers. It just doesn’t make
sense to penalize a player like Wade for the shortcomings of his general
manager while rewarding guys like LeBron and Kobe when the real honors
should go to Danny Ferry and Mitch Kupchak.

Don’t get me wrong; winning
should be a factor. There is no way that a player on the Thunder
or Kings or Wizards should be in the running while boosting their statistics
on a team that won’t win 20 games. That simply isn’t the case
with Dwyane Wade. If the award weighs the following three basic
measures of value, no player is more deserving of the award than Wade.
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Posted on: Tue, 05/12/2009 - 6:11pm

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Should be given the necessary response

Yes, I think a player like Wade also be punished is ridiculous. Should be given the necessary response.